9 Disease Links Between Farm Animals and Pandemics

Covid-19 has jump-started awareness of zoonotic diseases and shone a spotlight on how pathogens cross over from wild/farmed animals to humans. Farm animals have played a crucial role as origins or intermediary hosts in numerous pandemics in the past. To better understand this important relationship, see this easy-to-read summary by The Guardian “Farm Animals and Pandemics: 9 Diseases That Changed The World.”